Is it that these cars eat these things? I put a new battery in mine less than three years ago (Bosch S5) and it is now dead. The car did sit for many months between October and August the previous year, and hardly got any use this winter down to a combination of salt fear and a trip in front of a Magistrate which I'm guessing plays a part, however would I be correct thinking something else may be up with it? Alternator? :dont know:
Normally I turn the battery off under the hood when I park it, and I have been doing this yet even with this precaution the turn over was week last weekend, and refusal to start after driving it 10/15 minutes to the gas station led to a bump start and a new battery given Euro Car Parts was on my route.
With the USA road trip imminent I'm beginning to sweat like Fred West on Time Team. It took me an hour to resolve when it happened on the forecourt of Shell and knowing I could get a battery nearby despite it being Sunday. Stuck along the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado may not be so easy!
Normally I turn the battery off under the hood when I park it, and I have been doing this yet even with this precaution the turn over was week last weekend, and refusal to start after driving it 10/15 minutes to the gas station led to a bump start and a new battery given Euro Car Parts was on my route.
With the USA road trip imminent I'm beginning to sweat like Fred West on Time Team. It took me an hour to resolve when it happened on the forecourt of Shell and knowing I could get a battery nearby despite it being Sunday. Stuck along the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado may not be so easy!